Abstract
The nanche de la costa (Zizyphus sonorensis) fruit was partially characterized by physicochemical and nutritional analyses. This fruit has a homogenous size and color and low moisture content (47 g/100 g). The content of tannins and nickel of the edible portion might limit its use. However, nanche de la costa has important characteristics and potential to be considered as a food or feed source. The remarkable characteristics of the edible portion are high content of total (35 g/100 g) and soluble (0.6 g/100 g) dietary fiber, high level of copper (0.53 mg/100 g), iron (10 mg/100 g) and zinc (4.2 mg/100 g). The seed was distinguished by its high content of total dietary fiber (82.1 g/100 g), calcium (540 mg/100 g), copper (0.54 mg/100 g), chromium (1.1 mg/100 g) and zinc (4.5 mg/100 g). The moisture value is given in fresh weight basis and all other values are in dry weight basis.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 587-596 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | International Journal of Food Science and Nutririon |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We acknowledge the help of the following institutions/ persons: ‘Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología-J28125-B’, CECYT, FOMES and UAS for the financial support; Dr. Rito Vega-Aviña, Agronomy Faculty, UAS, for his help in the taxonomical identification of the plant material; and M.Sc. Jesús Espinoza-Álvarez, UAS, for his technical assistance.
Keywords
- Fruit
- Nutritional characteristics
- Physicochemical characteristics
- Zizyphus sonorensis